• • • Workshop Schedule
      

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  • Registration opens at 8:30am

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  • Welcome and Introductions (9:15-9:30)
    

    Sandee provides an overview of the topic and the day's lessons.

  • Understanding the Adobe Interface (9:30–10:00)

    To become effcient with the Suite, you need to understand how the applications are similar... and different! Discover cool shortcuts to quickly control palette clutter, how to customize keyboard shortcuts and even menus.

    Moving Paths and Layers between the Applications (10:00–11:00)

    How can you move layers from Illustrator into Photoshop? How can InDesign recognize Photoshop’s Layer Comps? How can you convert Photoshop’s paths into InDesign? Or the paths from InDesign into Illustrator? And how can you use Smart Objects from Illustrator into Photoshop? We've got answers to all these questions, and more.

  • Type Magic (11:15–12:15)

  • OpenType is more than just a cross-platform font format. Discover why all the Creative Suite applications thrive on OpenType fonts. Find out the benefits of OpenType for working with fractions, small caps, and number formats. Learn the inner workings of Illustrator's and InDesign's Glyphs panels.

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    LUNCH ON YOUR OWN (12:15–1:15)

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  • The Power of Bridge for Layout and Design (1:15–1:45)
    

    Discover what makes Bridge much more than just a file browser for images. Discover how this incredible (but underused) program can automate your work, provide information about files, and even help you layout your InDesign pages. Plus, see how to use Bridge to manage Photoshop's metadata and use it in InDesign.

    Mastering Transparency (1:45–2:30)
    

    Transparency effects are cool, but you need to learn to use them properly. Here's your guide to working safely and creatively with transparency. Learn what transparency effects do (and don't) work between the suite applications. Discover the simple steps to make sure your transparency effects will print correctly before you send them to the print shop.

    Consistent Colors (2:30-3:15)
    

    How do you get the colors in all the suite applications to match onscreen as well as in print? What’s the easiest way to set color management controls? And how can you swap colors between the various applications? This session will color you brilliant!

  • Preflight, PDF, and Print (3:30-4:30)

    Don’t send your precious projects off until you make sure they’re set up correctly for either print or PDF output. Armed with these steps, you’ll never have to worry “But will it print?”

• Wrap up (4:30-4:45)

  Here’s your chance to ask those last-minute questions or go over your own workflow issues.

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• Location

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New York, June 11, 2008
St. John's University, Manhattan campus

Saval Auditorium at St. John's University

101 Muray St.
New York, NY 10007
The Salva Auditorium is a contemporary auditorium located in lower Manhattan. It is on the second floor and very easy to find. With in walking distance, you will find a variety of places you can go to for lunch. You will need to register prior to the event in order to gain access.

Travel information

Directions to St. John%uFFFDs University Manhattan Campus
101 Murray Street, New York, NY 10007; (212) 815-9232
Located in New York City's Financial District, the Manhattan campus is easily accessible by mass transit. If you are traveling by car, the campus's location on the West Side Highway makes it easy to reach whether you are driving from upstate, the city's other boroughs, Long Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania or any of the area's major airports. The campus is located between Greenwich Street and West Street on Murray Street.

BY CAR:

From Western Upstate New York:
New York State Thruway to Route 81 south, to Route 17 East, to New York State Thruway at Harriman, New York. Proceed to Palisades Parkway, to George Washington Bridge, to Henry Hudson Parkway, which becomes the West Side Highway South. Proceed past Canal Street, past Borough of Manhattan Community College, and turn left on Murray Street.

From Eastern Upstate New York:
Take the Major Deegan Expressway (Route 87) to the Triborough Bridge, cross the bridge to Manhattan and onto the FDR Drive South. Exit at 23rd Street. Proceed west on 23rd Street across town to the West Side Highway (West Street). Turn left and go past Canal Street, past the Borough of Manhattan Community College, and turn left on Murray Street.

From New Jersey/Pennsylvania:
Proceed through the Holland Tunnel to Canal Street; go past Hudson Street and turn right on Varick Street, which feeds into West Broadway. Stay on West Broadway to Murray Street, turn right on Murray Street, and proceed two blocks to the campus.

From Long Island:
Take the Long Island Expressway to the Midtown Tunnel. Proceed west to the West Side Highway (West Street). Make a left turn and go past Canal Street, past the Borough of Manhattan Community College, and turn left on Murray Street.

* Pay parking is available at Park Right Corp. at the corner of West Street and Murray Street, near the Embassy Suites.

BY SUBWAY:
Subway Stops Near St. John's Manhattan Campus:

Train Number Stop
1,2,3 & 9 %uFFFD Broadway/7th Avenue Line Chambers Street (2 blocks from Murray St.)
A, C, & E %uFFFD 8th Avenue Line Chambers Street (2 blocks from Murray St.)
N & R Line City Hall
4, 5, & 6 %uFFFD Lexington Avenue Brooklyn Bridge

The campus is also convenient to buses and New Jersey ferries (NY Waterways goes from Hoboken to the World Financial Center.)